Mesopotamia
Name 1 of the 2 rivers in Ancient Mesopotamia
Tigris or Euphrates
What is the river in Ancient Egypt?
Nile
What was the river in the Indus River Valley?
Indus River
What did they write words on in Ancient China?
Oracle Bones
What does polytheistic mean?
Belief in many gods
What were the types of places/government in Ancient Mesopotamia?
(HINT: City - ______)
States
Ancient Egyptian Writing System?
Hieroglyphics
What did people worship in the Indus River Valley
Emperor
What does NOMADIC mean?
To move from place to place
What is the Ancient Mesopotamian writing system?
Cuneiform
Who were the 2 ethnicities/people in Ancient Egypt?
Egyptians and Israelites
Name 1 of the 2 cities in Ancient Indus?
Mohenjo-Daro, Harappa
Name the 2 Rivers in Ancient China?
Yellow and Yangtze
What is the Fertile Crescent?
Strip of land in Middle East, good for farming
What is a ziggurat?
Mesopotamian religious building, used to get higher up to Gods
What was the job of the Vizier in Ancient Egypt?
Managing courts, running smaller actions, assisting Pharaoh
Ancient writing system in Indus?
Indus Script/Sanskrit
What religions were practiced in Ancient China?
Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism
What is silt?
Substance left behind after flood, great for farming
What was Hammurabi's Code?
BONUS 10 pts : Where was King Hammurabi from?
First set of human laws; BABYLON
What was the purpose of mummification in Egpyt?
Who was at the top of the Indus River Valley Social Class Pyramid?
Brahmins
What was the Mandate of Heaven?
Only 1 ruler in Ancient China, had to have approval from Gods
What is agriculture? Why is it important for civilizations to flow?
Farming, access to food, water, resources